Militants loot Rs 65,000 from bank branch in Kulgam

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PTI

May 2, 2017

UPDATED: May 2, 2017 16:35 IST

Srinagar, May 2 (PTI) A day after the deadly attack on a bank cash van that left seven people dead, militants today looted cash from a branch of the Elaquai Dehati Bank in south Kashmirs Kulgam district.

Unidentified gunmen barged into the bank branch at Yaripora in the district and looted Rs 65,000 in cash at gunpoint before fleeing, a police official said.

Yesterday, militants attacked a cash van of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Damhal Hanji Pora area of the district and shot dead five policemen and two bank security guards.

The policemen and security guards were returning to district headquarters after delivering cash at a bank branch. PTI MIJ AQS AQS

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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